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Writing Fever
We’ve been busy writing like crazy these last few weeks. One of my students is working on a book. Another is sending letters around the world. More are cranking out words with the moveable alphabet...
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The Very Montessori Poetry Challenge
New Goal! Memorize a poem every week. I feel like I should have a poetry arsenal — be ready to fire off a poem about anything at anytime. I’ve been talking about doing this for a long time, and I...
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Sunflakes by Frank Asch
photo via indy138 on flickr. The weather was absolutely perfect today. And it reminded me of this awesome poem by Frank Asch. I’d love to share it with you. Sunflakes BY FRANK ASCH If sunlight fell...
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Free Stuff! Action Cards
Action cards are one of my favorite early reading activities. We introduce action cards after the child has shown that he can read simple phonetic words by working with the object boxes. Here’s how...
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Ode to the Moveable Alphabet
Oh, the Moveable Alphabet! It is one of my favorite materials and here is why it is so brilliant: Dr. Montessori understood that although a child may have the intellectual ability to write, he may not...
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I-Spy
We’re in our third week of school and things are progressing nicely. My new students are getting the hang of things — they’re learning how to carry chairs, roll floor mats, sit properly, walk...
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On the Importance of Always Having a Poem at the Ready
photo via katinthecupboard on flickr I feel like every Montessori teacher should have a never-ending supply of poetry on hand. My reasoning for this is the absorbent mind. Children under six have an...
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Ode to the Detective Adjective
Oh, the Detective Adjective game. I can’t begin to explain how fun this game is. You have to play it yourself! The whole point of the game is to show the child the function of the adjective; namely...
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Winter-Time by Robert Louis Stevenson
We learned this poem the week before we broke for Christmas break. I hope my students were able to delight grandparents and aunts and uncles with their recitations! Late lies the wintry sun a-bed, A...
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January by Leland B. Jacobs
My sister introduced us to another lovely winter-time poem. When I first introduced my students to this one they burst out laughing at the end. Sometimes their sense of humor goes right over my head....
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